The Baptists in Sweden. By Mrs. M.F. Anderson ...

REV. ANDREAS WIBERG. 77
baptism. He was strongly attached to the writings
and doctrines of Luther, and could not consent to
consider him in error on any point.
In the spring of 1851 he visited Hamburg. A
friend, Mr. D. Forssell, was going thither on business, and requested Mr. Wiberg to accompany him
as interpreter of the German language. While in
Hamburg he visited the Baptist Church in that city,
and became acquainted with Rev. J. G. Oncken
and Rev. J. Kbbner. The spirituality and earnest
piety of this church were noticed by Mr. Wiberg
with heartfelt pleasure. Its constitution and discipline appeared to him to be formed on the apostolic model. But to the views of baptism which
they held he could not assent, and he had several
discussions with his Baptist friends without being
shaken in his own views.
On his departure from Hamburg Mr. K:bner
gave him several tracts on baptism, among which
was a copy of the German translation of Pengilly's
Scripture Guide to Baptism, published by the
AMERICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY. This
he read on his return to Sweden, and when he saw
the exposition which Pengilly gives of 1 Cor. vii.
14, his former confidence in infant baptism began
to be shaken. To use his own words:
"The first doubts about the divine origin of infant baptism were aroused in contemplating this
text. (1 Cor. vii. 14.) He had previously been of
opinion that, though there could not be found any